Parasitoses gastrinstestinais em carnívoros silvestres de instituições de conservação no cerrado goiano

Abstract

The interface of wild-urban environments has been increasingly narrowed due to human population growth and, consequently, increased anthropization of natural ecosystems, leading to the loss of space for wild animals. The expansion of urban areas favors the contact between wild, domestic and captive wild animals and, as a consequence, the increase in morbidity and mortality resulting from the attack by different diseases, particularly parasitic ones. In this sense, the present study aimed to evaluate the prevalence of gastrointestinal parasites in wild carnivorous mammals, through coproparasitological examinations, in two institutions that promote species conservation, Parque Zoológico de Goiânia (PZG) and Instituto de Conservação (IC)in Mineiros, Goiás, relating to the potential risks of transmission of enteroparasites between domestic and synanthropic animals to captive wild animals and reporting artifacts and pseudoparasites found. A prevalence of 77.8% was observed in the PZG and 66.7% in the IC. The parasite species found were: Ancylostoma spp., Toxocara spp., Toxascaris leonina, Strongyloides spp., Capillaria hepatica, Trematoda and Cystoisospora spp. The artifacts and pseudoparasites found were the protozoan Adeleidae and oribatid mites.